SAN vs. SMFG, BMO, IBN, BBVA, TD, ING, HDB, CM, LYG, and BCS
Should you be buying Banco Santander stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Banco Santander include Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Bank of Montreal (BMO), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), ING Groep (ING), HDFC Bank (HDB), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), and Barclays (BCS). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (NYSE:SMFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group had 4 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and 7 mentions for Banco Santander. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.39 indicating that Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Banco Santander pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays out 29.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Banco Santander is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Banco Santander has a net margin of 14.98% compared to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's net margin of 9.71%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 10.95% beat Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's return on equity.
Banco Santander received 320 more outperform votes than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.13% of users gave Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group an outperform vote while only 49.69% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.
9.2% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Banco Santander has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Banco Santander beats Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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